University of Alabama at Birmingham

The University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB), a public university with its headquarters in Birmingham, Alabama, was established in 1969. UAB was routinely ranked in the top 200 to 300 global institutions by the Academic Ranking of World Universities (Shanghai Ranking) from 2016 to 2019 before falling to the top 400 in 2020. UAB is ranked 169th in its best university ranking for 2021 by THE (Times Higher Education). Since 2018, THE has maintained UAB in its 165–180 range for universities.

In its ranking of the world's universities, US News & World Report improved UAB's standing from 175th in 2019 and 2020 to 155th in 2021. UAB's standing in US News' list of top national universities has also increased. UAB was ranked 166th for 2020 and somewhat higher in 2021 at 153rd. The information above demonstrates that UAB has made improvements regarding important factors, including publications, articles cited among the best, and worldwide and regional research reputation.

THE has given UAB a PG Business and Economics ranking of 601+. In its UG Business ranking for 2021, US News has maintained UAB's position at 116th. Since 2019, THE has continuously ranked UAB in the PG Engineering and Technology category between 601 and 800.

In its Biomedical Engineering PG ranking for 2021, US News has placed UAB at the 58th spot. In addition, US News ranked UAB 134th for computer engineering PG and 119th for civil engineering PG in its rankings for 2021.